Improvement in carriage-wheels



JAMES Y. slTToN'.

Improvement in Carriage-Wheels." No. 114,058. PatemedApmQnmr.

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Letters Patent No. 114,058, dated April 25, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mak-Ing part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that INTAMES Y. SITTON, of DueWest, in the county of Abbeville and State of' South Carolina, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Carriage or lagon-Wheels; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specicat-ion.

This invention relates to improvements in wagonwheels; and

It consists in a met-al socket or collar for the spokes and a clamp forthe felly and tire, made in one piece, and arranged for holding the'spoke, felly, and tire securely' together, one being applied at eachspoke,

aIil4 as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a side elevation of a part of a wheel showing my improvedattachment, and

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same on the .line a: x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts..

A is the felly,

B, the t-ire; and

C, the spoke.

D is a cast-metal malleable-iron ring, having a hole for the end of thespoke, and a ange, E, on the opposite sides, bent down so as to receivethe felly between them when the ring is seated on the felly.

Said flanges extend far enough to receive the tire be tween them also,and being screwed or riveted to the felly, as clearly indicated, holdthem so that they specied.

JAMES Y, SITTON. Witnesses:

J'. L. MILLER, J. W. LEE.

